Yamaha 6 string bass. Please help.

[ryancowell25]

Hi all

Having a terrible job of dating my Yamaha bass guitar. Its a a 6 string I bought it used about 4 years ago from a reputable London Bass Guitar dealer.

Serial number is :5011047

Pictures of it are at the link below

[url="http://s370.photobucket.com/albums/oo145/ryancowell25/"]http://s370.photobucket.com/albums/oo145/ryancowell25/[/url]

I'm even having problems identifying the model (TRB or TRB II). It doesn't seem to look exactly like others i've looked at on the internet (Bridge etc.).

It has a bolt on neck.

There is no Yamaha logo on the headstock but Yamaha is printed on the Tuners along with Japan

Made in Japan is also etched into the back of the headstock along with the serial number

The only thing that seems to be not original is the volume control

I've been searching forums and looking for serial numbers for ages and its driving me mad

any help from forum users would be much appreciated

Thanks

[OutToPlayJazz]

I think I've seen your bass before. It's a TRB-6 prototype and a fellow user on here was offered it. Nice bass by all accounts. Looked like a hybrid of the original stepped body shape with the bolt on neck from the TRB-6 II. I'll dig out some pics when I get a moment.

Edit: Yes, it's definitely your bass - I have a link to your very photo album! Lovely looking TRB, BTW

Rich.

Edited November 13, 2009 by OutToPlayJazz

[fatback]

Have you tried this?

[url="http://www.guitardaterproject.org/Yamaha.aspx"]http://www.guitardaterproject.org/Yamaha.aspx[/url]

If the serial search engine doesn't find your serial, I think I remember that it gives the USA Yamaha phone number for enquiries. I phoned them to date my '83 BB, which wasn't in their list, and they were really helpful.

Fatback

Edited November 13, 2009 by fatback